26"I baptize with water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do not know.


In Context

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' "

24 Now some Pharisees who had been sent

25 questioned him, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

26 "I baptize with water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do not know.

27 He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie."

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 1:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, |I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stands one among you, whom you know not;